Gay pride’s rainbow flag set to fly over Whitehall to mark the first same-sex weddings

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The rainbow flag first flew over Whitehall in 2012, to mark the annual Gay Pride marchChris Harris/The Times

Ruth Gledhill

Last updated at 5:00PM, March 26 2014

Rainbow flags will fly over Whitehall this weekend to mark the first same-sex weddings which takes place in Britain on Saturday.

The multi-coloured striped flag, a symbol of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender pride since the 1970s, will fly above the Cabinet Office and the Scotland Office at the request of Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister.

Ceremonies are expected in England and Wales throughout the weekend after the Marriage (same sex) Act was passed in July last year. The Church of England is excluded from the legislation at its own request but other churches and faiths will join in